First time pregnant and 37+3 today. I had a scheduled c-section for 11th of December (week 39) but today at my appointment, the consultant told me that she thinks I might be developing mild pre-eclampsia and she would rather bring the c-section forward to this week.
I have had high protein in the urine since week 31 but blood pressure has remained borderline/normal throughout and I have had no other symptoms of pre-eclampsia. They have been monitoring me more closely recently and all blood tests, scans, etc have been fine. It's just the protein in the urine that is the basis for diagnosis of mild pre-eclampsia.
We are now waiting for a call from the hospital to reschedule the section and the consultant said she would like this to happen anytime between now and next Monday. She did say that babies born via c-section at week 37/38 are at a higher risk of respiratory issues (compared to week 39) and there is a risk that baby would need to spend some time in NICU anywhere from few hours to few days. Obviously, the thought of this is already worrying me and DH, especially because our growth scans show the baby to be on the smaller side (around 40 percentile).
Was wondering if anyone here had a smooth c-section around 37-38 week without the baby developing any serious issues after birth or needing to go to NICU?